Clothesline support



May 13, 1958 A. PlCONE, JR 2,834,476

CLOTHESLINE SUPPORT Filed Feb. 18, 1955 INVENTOR.

A'r-ro R NE Y5 ARTHUR DICONE JR.

United States Patent G CLOTI-IESLINE SUPPORT Arthur Picone, In, Brooklyn, N. Application February 18, 1955, Serial No. 439,194

1 Claim. (Cl. 211-119.02

This invention relates, in general, to a clothesline support, and the-objects of the improved support are 'simplicity and economy in construction and convenience, safety and efliciency in use.

A further object of this invention is to provide a support adapted to be secured transversely across a house window opening whereby, the clotheslines, when not in use, can be readily moved to a position wherein the lines will not obstruct normal use of the window or block vision through the window.

Further objects, purposes, and characteristic features of the invention will appear as the description progresses, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, showing, solely by way of example, and in no manner, in a limiting sense, one form which the invention can assume.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a schematic, plan view of one form of the invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view, on line 22 of Figure 1, and viewed in the direction of the arrows; and

Figure 3 is an exploded, fragmentary view of the support.

This invention contemplates the use of two stretches of clothesline 4 and 5. These lines each form a closed loop in the usual manner (Figure 2) and are supported at their outer ends, from a suitable pole 6. Each line passes around a pulley 7 and 8, respectively, and each pulley is connected to a ring 9 and 10 received on a screw hook 11 and 12 screwed into the pole 6.

The lines are suitably supported at their other ends on a support rod R rotatably supported across a Window opening 13. A bracket 14 and 15 is provided for each end of rod R, and these brackets are fixed in the window opening by screws 16 on the vertical sides 17 of the opening opposite each other and outside of the window sashes 18. Each bracket 14 has an inwardly bowed middle portion 19 with an opening 20 therein large enough to rotatably receive an end of support rod R.

A ring pulley is provided for supporting the inner ends of the lines 4 and 5. Each ring pulley comprises a usual pulley 21 connected to a carry ring 22 that is of a diameter to slide readily on rod R, for a purpose to be described below.

The support rod R, constituting an essential part of this invention, is shown as elongated and tubular but could of course be of solid construction if so desired. It is of a length to span the width of window opening 13, but without binding therein.

At or near the point midway of the ends of R is fixed an operating knob 23 and this knob can be considered as positioned on the top of R for preciseness of description.

The rod R is provided adjacent each end with similarly disposed, narrow, transverse slots 24 and 25 opening through the rod at one side thereof. Spaced inwardly of each of the slots 24 and 25 are transverse slots 26 and 27, similar to the slots 24 and 25, opening through the rod arm at the diametrically opposite side thereof.

Z,&34,476 Patented May 13, 1958 to position the knob downwardly the storage slots 24 and 25 are positioned to face outwardly, and the operative slots are positioned to face inwardly.

As described above, the inner ends of lines 4 and 5 are carried on ring pulleys 21 and 22. All of the rings are readily slidable on rod R, and are narrow enough to snap into the slots in R, when brought into registry therewith.

In assembling the support, the two ring pulleys, at the house end of the lines 4 and 5, are slid onto rod R. Brackets 14 and 15 are then slid onto rod R, and the brackets are fixed in place by screws 16. If not in use, rod R is rotated to bring knob 23 on top (as in Figure l) and the two ring pulleys are engaged in the storage slots 24 and 25 (as shown in full lines in Figure l). I

When the lines are to be used, rod R is rotated 180 by its knob to face down and the rings on the two ring pulleys are slid along the rod to engage them in slots 26 and 27 (as in Figure 1, dashed lines).

Hence, when the house ends of the lines 4 and 5 are moved toward the center of the window opening, it will enable the operator to easily and conveniently employ the lnies to hang clothes to be dried thereon without the necessity of the operator hanging out of the window. Also, by moving the house ends of the lines closer to the window center, it will be apparent that the operation of hanging clothes on the lines through the window will be made easier since the operator will be able to use his arms on opposite sides of the selected line. Thus, by a very simple operation on the lines, on the support of this invention, the lines can be held in an inoperableposition out of the way of normal use of the window so that vision through the window will be relatively unobscured, and the lines can, as simply, be held near the center of the window in an operative position readily accessible for use.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that there has been provided a clothesline support adapted to be mounted transversely of the window, the support comprising an elongated support rod mounted to rotate about its longitudinal axis and the rod being provided with longitudinally spaced slots 24, 25 and 26, 27 therein opening through opposite sides thereof. The ring 22 is slidably mounted on the rod and engageable with a selected one of the slots, and means are carried by the ring for exerting a tension thereon toward the axis of the rod at one side thereof and to engaging relation with a selected slot opening through the same side of the said rod, this means being defined by the clothesline pulleys 21 and respectively spaced pulleys 7, 8 with the respective clotheslines 4, 5 extending therebetween. The rod R is rotatable to dispose the slots opening through the other side thereof on the side of the rod at which the ring is tensioned toward the axis of the rod so that the ring can be selectively engageable in the slots now presented at the side of the rod toward which the ring is tensioned.

The above rather specific description of one form of this invention has been given solely by way of example, and in no manner whatsoever in a limiting sense.

It is clearly intended to cover all such variations, modifications, and adaptations of this invention as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

In combination, a window having spaced vertical side members, a support spaced from the window, brackets secured to said sidemembers in" facing relation to each other, a horizontal rod extending between said side members, said rod having ends supportably journalled on said brackets, said rod having longitudinally spaced slots in opposite sides thereof, some of said slots being disposed adjacent to ends of'the rod and others of the slots being disposed spacedly between the other slots, a clothesline having an outer end secured to said support and an inner end, a ring secured on said inner end and freely encircling said rod, said ring being adapted to be selectively engaged in slots in the side of the rod remote from the support and means for rotating the rod to position others of the slots for selective receptionof said ring.

References Cited'in the fileof this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Pfleger Mar. 8, 1904 Rantine Feb. 21, 1911 Lutz June 19, 1917 Leggett Oct. 11, 1927 Urbach Nov. 20, 1934 Knourek Apr. 11, 1944 Shoemakeret a1 May 25, 1948 Haynes Dec. 18, 1956 

